Alan Watts Quotes

The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.

To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it's risky not to take a risk.

The biggest risk in life is not risking.

Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing.

If you try to measure the future, you will never risk the present. Playing it safe. A ghastly game.

If you don't take risks you won't achieve anything.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

It seems like the more I live, the more I realize that saying 'yes' is almost never a mistake. If you say no, it might feel safe, but then you end up going nowhere.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

Some people revel in taking risks, and some go through life taking no risks at all.

It's important to take risks and challenge yourself. That's why I went into acting, really.

And as a woman, you need to take risks. Don't stay too long in your own swim lane.

If you take risks, you may fail; but if you don't take risks, you will surely fail

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. You won't find glory at the center of safety, but at its edge. You won't find love at a place where you are covered, but in the space where you are exposed. You gotta take some risks. You have to not only pick up the dice, but roll'em. So go ahead, take the gamble. You have nothing to lose except the chance to win. Life is not long enough to spend it on the sidelines.

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards.

As a guiding principle, life shrinks and life expands in direct proportion to your willingness to assume risk.

I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.

I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.

We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we can do ... you don't grow as much. You gotta take those chances on making those big mistakes.

You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.